540 refers to the story of the Kinnaras nursing a human baby whose parents have gone away to the woods. ![]() Kinnaras lived also over the hills of Pandaraka, Trikutaka, Mallangiri, Candapabbata, and Gandhamandana (Jataka No. Kalidasa in his Kumara Sambhava describes them as dwelling in the Himalayas. The Kinnaras can sing, play the flute and dance with soft movements of the body. In Jataka No.504, we have the autobiography of a Kinnara who describes the Kinnara class as human-like the wild things deem us huntsmen call us goblins still. ![]() ![]() Such harmless creatures are described in Jataka No.481 as being caught, put into cages, and thus presented to kings for their delight. The Jatakas describe the Kinnaras as innocent and harmless, hop like birds, are fond of music and song, and with the female beating a drum and male playing on lute.
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